22 - 24 October, 2019 | London Marriott Hotel Regents Park, London, United Kingdom
MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO
8:00 am - 8:50 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE
8:50 am - 9:00 am CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
9:00 am - 9:30 am ENHANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE MILITARY
· Improving provision of operational energy to support the modern Warfighter in an expeditionary operational environment
· Ensuring sustainment and resilience of forward operating infrastructure
· Assessing fuel cell mechanisms and hybrid power generation systems
9:30 am - 10:00 am MAINTAINING ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS ON OPERATIONS
· Reflecting on the Tactical Power System project: replacing tactical generators with smart energy and power management systems to generate, store and distribute energy
· Establishing procurement requirements and equipment criteria under the auspices of the Operational Support Capability Projects
· Incorporating requirements of the Smart Energy and Power Management (SEPM) project to increase self-sustainability and resiliency
10:00 am - 10:30 am POWER MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY IN THE CONTEXT OF EXPEDITIONARY ENVIRONMENTS
· Power management and efficiency: from simple approaches towards sophisticated solutions
· KPIs and scorecards, power management maturity levels, and roadmaps towards better power/energy management
· Military energy behavior as an inseparable part of management innovation
· Practical examples from the assessments of DFI energy management
· Optimising power generation and some practical examples of incorporating alternative energy sources for military bases
10:30 am - 11:00 am MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:00 am - 11:30 am ENERGY RESILIENCY AND MULTINATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVES
· Reflecting on Romanian construction experience in contingency operations
· Designing resilient military facilities and developing passive energy architecture to reduce emissions of military installations
· Outlining multinational infrastructure initiatives under the auspices of NATO to attain interoperability and incorporate self-sustainable forward operating bases
· Evaluating opportunities to contract third-party solution providers to implement low-energy house requirements
11:30 am - 12:00 pm AUSTRIAN ENGINEERS IN FIELD CAMP CONSTRUCTION ANDSUPPORT OPERATIONS
· Challenges in planning, construction and camp support"
· Power supply equipment
· Power eupply for the network "Field Camp": reflecting on Camp Casablanca at Suva Reka /Kosovo
· Challenges behind the scenes at the unit level: examining lessons learned
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm HELLENIC EXPERIENCE IN LIFE MILITARY ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT
· Successful examples of energy management in expeditionary and normal defense routine conditions
· Facts and figures about the ‘Life Military Energy and Carbon Management’ project
· Reducing energy consumption at military bases for the tri-services
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm GREENING DEFENCE AND INCORPORATING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS
· Outlining energy efficiency and renewable energy systems
· Integrating alternative energy solutions into existing infrastructures
· Optimising energy management and minimising logistics challenges of platform transportability
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION DEVELOPING A MORE RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT ELECTRIC GRID
· Outlining current R&D to optimise system operation and reaction to abnormal conditions
· Incorporating micro-grid controls to monitor power usage and attain energy efficiency
· Exploring ways to enhance distributed generation and control systems in contingency operations
Evaluating facility design and net-zero emission architectures
3:30 pm - 4:10 pm IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTO MILITARY FACILITIES
· Examining the lessons learned from the Military Energy and Carbon Management (MECM) project
· Meeting ISO 50001 requirements and integrating sustainable energy solutions in various military facilities including Army Camps, Naval Stations and Air-Bases
· Analysing emerging requirements and areas of development
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm POWERING THE FRONT LINE: A NATO PERSPECTIVE
· Examining current initiatives of the NATO ENGSEC COE to increase energy efficiency for contingency operations
· Enhancing provision of operational energy to support the modern Warfighter in an expeditionary operational environment
· Ensuring sustainment and reducing emissions of forward operating bases